Joshua Phelps
@jmphelps30.bsky.social
Section Manager @ Politihøgskolen, doing research on communication, decision-making and conflict resolution in high-stakes social interaction. Interests: sociocultural psychology, mixed-methods, procedural justice, gardening, Arsenal
We hope that our article may add to broader conversations about how public health initiatives can better balance individual responsibility with systemic and community support for meaningful change. End 🧵
November 8, 2024 at 2:42 PM
We hope that our article may add to broader conversations about how public health initiatives can better balance individual responsibility with systemic and community support for meaningful change. End 🧵
We also question whether the campaign might have unintentionally harmed those grappling with significant health challenges like loneliness, depression or addiction through a subtle form of victim-blaming.
November 8, 2024 at 2:39 PM
We also question whether the campaign might have unintentionally harmed those grappling with significant health challenges like loneliness, depression or addiction through a subtle form of victim-blaming.
“Only You” is another example of how psychology may adopt a political role, as it shifts responsibility strongly onto individuals. We argue that the campaign’s individualized severely downplays how social support, community and public policy in attempting to help people make better health decisions
November 8, 2024 at 2:39 PM
“Only You” is another example of how psychology may adopt a political role, as it shifts responsibility strongly onto individuals. We argue that the campaign’s individualized severely downplays how social support, community and public policy in attempting to help people make better health decisions
to overly responsibilize individuals for making their own healthy life choices. By doing so, contextual factors that often lead people into situations involving unhealthy or detrimental behaviors were ignored.
November 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
to overly responsibilize individuals for making their own healthy life choices. By doing so, contextual factors that often lead people into situations involving unhealthy or detrimental behaviors were ignored.
We take a critical look at the "Only You" Norwegian public health campaign which was launched in 2019 to encourage Norwegians to make healthy decisions. We try to show how the campaign’s promotional and self-help instruction videos selectively leveraged "psychological knowledge"
November 8, 2024 at 2:36 PM
We take a critical look at the "Only You" Norwegian public health campaign which was launched in 2019 to encourage Norwegians to make healthy decisions. We try to show how the campaign’s promotional and self-help instruction videos selectively leveraged "psychological knowledge"